Travincal runs: OK, I get it now

I never used to do

Travincal runs, ignored it as a TZ, just generally thought "I dont want to deal with all those

Hydra-spamming bastards packed into a little room any more".

Last

Travincal TZ, I decided to run it anyway, and got my first ever Griffons Eye. Sure, my hireling kept dying to

Hydra spam, but the javazon cares not, and mows down all in her path. No other noteworthy drops, but a +12/-19 Griffons is nothing to complain about. Anyway, I get why people run it now. Anyone else find a new respct for a TZ since the changes?

Kakumba wrote: 8 hours ago

Anyway, I get why people run it now. Anyone else find a new respct for a TZ since the changes?

Welcome to the Council party!

Actually I wished TZ

Travincal would last an entire hour still...

I really enjoy running it. Got runes (

Sur,

Vex,

Gul,

Ist...),

Highlord's Wrath, Rainbow Facet, and much more I can't remember...

Always /players7 (Single Player ofc).

tadkarcz wrote: 8 hours ago

Kakumba wrote: 8 hours ago

Anyway, I get why people run it now. Anyone else find a new respct for a TZ since the changes?

Welcome to the Council party!

Actually I wished TZ

Travincal would last an entire hour still...

I really enjoy running it. Got runes (

Sur,

Vex,

Gul,

Ist...),

Highlord's Wrath, Rainbow Facet, and much more I can't remember...

Always /players7 (Single Player ofc).

can't u just change the clock on ur computer to make the TZ last as long as u like?

Trav is my favorite! I also miss 1 hour TZ Trav.

Try making a Hork Barb, it's amazing. You can get a second chance at drops from every enemy! Also, for merc survival (assuming act 2), my favorite setup is

The Reaper's Toll,

Guardian Angel, and

Kira's Guardian. He rarely dies!

justinman114 wrote: 7 hours ago

Trav is my favorite! I also miss 1 hour TZ Trav.

Try making a Hork Barb, it's amazing. You can get a second chance at drops from every enemy! Also, for merc survival (assuming act 2), my favorite setup is

The Reaper's Toll,

Guardian Angel, and

Kira's Guardian. He rarely dies!

I just cant get into barbs, they are too slow. Doesnt help that melee in D2 kinda sucks, but at least paladins 'feel' faster. Barb (and I guess now warlock) are the only class I havent finished the game with

My merc carries an Infinity, the

Conviction aura is useful. Otherwise he would carry an Insight. His only job is to be a walking aura so I can kill everything more efficiently

TimeSlayer wrote: 8 hours ago

tadkarcz wrote: 8 hours ago

Kakumba wrote: 8 hours ago

Anyway, I get why people run it now. Anyone else find a new respct for a TZ since the changes?

Welcome to the Council party!

Actually I wished TZ

Travincal would last an entire hour still...

I really enjoy running it. Got runes (

Sur,

Vex,

Gul,

Ist...),

Highlord's Wrath, Rainbow Facet, and much more I can't remember...

Always /players7 (Single Player ofc).

can't u just change the clock on ur computer to make the TZ last as long as u like?

Ah, the offline player. Online, the TZ is set by the server globally, you cant influence it locally

Kakumba wrote: 6 hours ago

justinman114 wrote: 7 hours ago

Trav is my favorite! I also miss 1 hour TZ Trav.

Try making a Hork Barb, it's amazing. You can get a second chance at drops from every enemy! Also, for merc survival (assuming act 2), my favorite setup is

The Reaper's Toll,

Guardian Angel, and

Kira's Guardian. He rarely dies!

I just cant get into barbs, they are too slow. Doesnt help that melee in D2 kinda sucks, but at least paladins 'feel' faster. Barb (and I guess now warlock) are the only class I havent finished the game with

My merc carries an Infinity, the

Conviction aura is useful. Otherwise he would carry an Insight. His only job is to be a walking aura so I can kill everything more efficiently

I hear ya, the Barb playthrough is usually rough. It really is a slog after nightmare with him unless you get lucky on gear. I will say though, "slow" is not a word I'd use to describe him in Trav. I use him only for Trav and he wrecks in 10 seconds or so, then horking takes another 10. I just use a basic WW barb but of course have a ton of nice gear for him, and Enigma to

Teleport around. To be fair though, if he couldn't hork, I'd use someone else. It's just too nice to be able to get that nearly 500% MF horks after getting the original drops.

Kakumba wrote: 8 hours ago

I never used to do

Travincal runs, ignored it as a TZ, just generally thought "I dont want to deal with all those

Hydra-spamming bastards packed into a little room any more".

Last

Travincal TZ, I decided to run it anyway, and got my first ever Griffons Eye. Sure, my hireling kept dying to

Hydra spam, but the javazon cares not, and mows down all in her path. No other noteworthy drops, but a +12/-19 Griffons is nothing to complain about. Anyway, I get why people run it now. Anyone else find a new respct for a TZ since the changes?

TZ

Travincal is one of my favorite runs, although I tend to let my Javazon sit this one out in favor of my Strafezon, because she's more efficient and fast in

Travincal.

Frenzy Barb with 1 point into

Berserk+

Find Item and minimal cold damage is by far the best build for Trav IMO. Preferably with Manic Pixie Dreamgirl act 1 merc (try it with her and youll see why, lol).

Going abit more specific, the build I use (level 90

Frenzy Barb) is as follows:

Arreats w/

Cham rune

Rare rings with FCR & all res

+2 barb skills +10FCR caster amu w/ all res

Enigma (mostly for the MF)

Goldwrap

Battle Belt

Laying of Hands

Gore Rider

Grief + Last Wish PB (MF & CTC lifetap are both great)

Double HoTo on swap for 110 FCR

MPD merc with Faith

Hydra Bow (

Fanaticism Aura is great) and CoH

Best build for doing Trav runs in my experience in terms of loot and durability against the council.

Kakumba wrote: 8 hours ago

I never used to do

Travincal runs, ignored it as a TZ, just generally thought "I dont want to deal with all those

Hydra-spamming bastards packed into a little room any more".

Last

Travincal TZ, I decided to run it anyway, and got my first ever Griffons Eye. Sure, my hireling kept dying to

Hydra spam, but the javazon cares not, and mows down all in her path. No other noteworthy drops, but a +12/-19 Griffons is nothing to complain about. Anyway, I get why people run it now. Anyone else find a new respct for a TZ since the changes?

Nice find!:)

Lifehacks for instant

Travincal without dying:

For char:

The Rising Sun
And that's about it. The game is solved.

From now on enemy hydras will help you survive by healing you.
It helps if you're fire based caster. Then also: Flickering Flame and Phoenix (they're not obligatory but it goes suuuper fast).

Also maybe throw in

Wisp Projector. Double duty item as it gives MF


For Infinity Merc:

Guardian Angel with a

Vex.

Kira's Guardian is ok-ish but if you can afford go with

Andariel's Visage or

Vampire Gaze with

Cham.

Anything from above beside Phoenix can be obtained for cheap if they're not perfect rolls.
The most important amulet among them has laughable price and yet it's one of the best QoL items in the game.

Kakumba wrote: 8 hours ago

I never used to do

Travincal runs, ignored it as a TZ, just generally thought "I dont want to deal with all those

Hydra-spamming bastards packed into a little room any more".

Last

Travincal TZ, I decided to run it anyway, and got my first ever Griffons Eye. Sure, my hireling kept dying to

Hydra spam, but the javazon cares not, and mows down all in her path. No other noteworthy drops, but a +12/-19 Griffons is nothing to complain about. Anyway, I get why people run it now. Anyone else find a new respct for a TZ since the changes?

The whole D2 gaming ive always ran

Travincal as it was a "good spot". There have been only two good drops in my 20 something of years with this game... Two times Ive found hr, that is it. So if you do the math, I dont want to, you can see how ppl claiming

Travincal being a "good spot" is kind of conflicting with me. :'D